This is in my garden

[Scottie]

Would like to know what this is. It appears on an old poplar stump that is about 4yrs old in my garden. I also think I found it on another stump in a garden on Friday. After looking at the fungi directory I thought it was Golden scaley cap. Am I right?

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Not Golden Scaly Cap.

 

 

Probably Hypholoma genus.

Possibly H. fasciculare.

 

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[Scottie]

Thanks David. I knew I could rely on coming on here and getting it i.d.

[Fungus]

H. fasciculare.

 

, a species, that decomposes the wood with organohalogens (polyaromatic hydrocarbons), which can make the wood "toxic" and unsuited to be used as wood compost.